Thanks To An Unlikely Source, An Unemployed Journalist Won't Be Homeless Next Month

IndiegogoCraig D. Lindsey, an unemployed journalist, took to Indiegogo on New Year's Eve to ask for money to help pay his rent.

It was a humbling holiday season for Craig D. Lindsey, an unemployed journalist who took to his personal Tumblr on December 30th to tell the tale of finding himself down in the dumps with no money to pay his rent.

This is my first time doing something like this, so I don't know how much this will impact you. Hopefully, it will impact me enough to not completely lose all hope. As I go into my fourth year of joblessness, with little to no prospects on the horizon, I've often felt I made a huge mistake choosing this line of work. I also feel I've made a bigger mistake moving to an area where there's not a lot of demand for my line of work. I don't have family here, so I don't even have that to fall back on. My friends try to help me out when they can, but they have their own troubles. I only ask if you can help me on this endeavor, and I will be eternally grateful.

With only a week before he had to turn in the back rent he owed to his landlord, Lindsey needed nothing less than a miracle.

Because of the way Indiegogo works, the campaign will run until its scheduled end, which is this Friday.

"There are several things I’ve learned during this whole thing," Lindsey posted to Tumblr yesterday. "For one, I’ve learned that people aren’t awful. (As I just recently told a mentor on the phone, “People just gave me $3000 – I can’t say the world sucks anymore.”) Secondly, while no one wants to be seen as a pitiful charity case, sometimes you need help. And, if you can get past your ego and your pride and just ask, people are more than willing to come to your aid."